Lt. John Hanshaw Services Held
The Ithaca Journal, Mar 2 1949, P. 3, Col. 1

 " Committal services for First Lt. John G. Hanshaw of N. Triphammer Rd., who was killed in action Mar. 27, 1944, were held at 11 a.m. today at Pleasant Grove Cemetery with the Rev. John H. Sardeson of the Lutheran Church officiating.
  Lieutenant Hanshaw was graduated from Ithaca High School, Class of 1927, and from the School of Forestry at Cornell, Class of 1931. A reserve officer, he was called to service in October, 1941, and as an infantry officer he was attached to the military government in Italy at the time of his death. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Augusta Hanshaw; a son, John David Hanshaw; a daughter, Mary Kathryn Hanshaw; his mother, Mrs. Frank Hanshaw; a sister, Mrs. A. W. Dimmock, all of Ithaca and three brothers, Ray F. Hanshaw of Warwick and Frank Jr. and James Hanshaw of Ithaca."